Huron

About Huron

This contemporary landscape painting of a tree was created by a Canadian artist.

Lauded for his ethereal and romantic landscapes, Peter Hoffer has created a unique body of work that focuses on individual portraits of trees. In this mixed media on panel, a single tree resplendent with soft pink blossoms stands center frame against a backdrop of a turquoise blue sky and the rich brown of the earth. Hoffer has revived traditional techniques of layering varnish popular in the 19th century. The addition of markings and drippings adds remarkable texture and character to each painting. The effect is thoroughly modern.

“I wanted to do the landscape in a manner in which it is personified. Where the tree becomes the individual, even playing on some clichés." Peter Hoffer

Peter Hoffer holds an MFA from Concordia University and degrees from the University of Guelph and OCAD University. Hoffer has lived and worked in Toronto, New York City, Paris, Montreal, and Berlin. He has exhibited widely at art fairs in Basel, Toronto, New York, Stockholm, London, Milan, Amsterdam and Hong Kong. His paintings are held in many private, corporate, and public collections around the world.